The Board denied service connection for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Dysthymic Disorder, finding that the claims were not well-grounded due to lack of credible supporting evidence.
The deciding factor: The appellant's reported stressors did not meet the DSM criteria for being potentially traumatizing, despite some anxiety-producing events.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Dysthymic Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0023568
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